Conception Rate

Jim Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many conceptions of (a) under 18s and (b) under 16s there were in each (i) primary care trust area and (ii) local authority area in the North East in each year since 2001; what the conception rate was in each case; and what percentage of conceptions in under 18s ended in abortion in each case.

John Healey: The information requested falls within the responsibility of the national statistician who has been asked to reply.
	Letter from Karen Dunnell, dated 7 June 2006
	As National Statistician I have been asked to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question asking how many conceptions in (a) under 18s (b) under 16s there were in each (i) primary care trust area and (ii) local authority area in the North East in each year since 2001; what the conception rate was in each case; and what percentage of conceptions in under 18s ended in abortion in each case. (75208)
	Teenage conception figures by Primary Care Trust (PCT) are not available because there is a risk of disclosure of information about individuals due to differences in boundaries between PCTs and local authorities.
	Available figures are estimates of the number of pregnancies that resulted in a live birth, stillbirth or termination.
	Conception numbers, rates and percentage leading to abortion for girls aged under 18 by local authorities in the North East from 2001 to 2004 (the most recent year for which figures are available) are given in the attached table. Figures for 2004 are provisional.
	Conception statistics for girls aged under 16 for each year since 2001 are available only for unitary authorities, metropolitan counties and counties. Figures are not available for county districts as there is a risk of disclosure of information about individuals due to small number of cases each year.
	
		
			 Conceptions to girls aged under 18: number, rate and percentage leading to abortion by area of usual residence, 2001-2004(1) 
			  2001 2002 
			  Number Rate Percentage leading to abortion Number Rate Percentage leading to abortion 
			  2,393 48 37 2,554 51 39 
			        
			 Darlington UA 94 51 41 94 48 45 
			 Hartlepool UA 120 62 38 110 56 36 
			 Middlesbrough UA 180 54 34 198 60 45 
			 Redcar and Cleveland UA 162 55 33 143 48 44 
			 Stockton-on-Tees UA 150 37 32 172 43 38 
			        
			 Durham County 399 45 33 469 52 35 
			 Chester-le-Street 41 42 37 45 47 49 
			 Derwentside 61 41 26 85 56 15 
			 Durham 49 33 47 60 40 38 
			 Easington 113 62 27 104 58 36 
			 Sedgefield 76 47 37 94 56 41 
			 Teesdale 7 18 43 12 28 58 
			 Wear Valley 52 44 27 69 56 30 
			        
			 Northumberland 216 37 50 240 41 39 
			 Alnwick 20 37 55 24 44 33 
			 Berwick-upon-Tweed 21 48 43 10 23 40 
			 Blyth Valley 71 44 44 81 50 40 
			 Castle Morpeth 20 20 60 27 27 48 
			 Tynedale 31 27 65 27 23 48 
			 Wansbeck 53 48 45 71 64 34 
			        
			 Tyne and Wear 1,072 52 38 1,128 54 39 
			 Gateshead 152 42 30 158 44 37 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne 267 58 44 283 60 37 
			 North Tyneside 190 53 35 198 55 44 
			 South Tyneside 168 54 44 169 52 38 
			 Sunderland 295 51 36 320 55 38 
		
	
	
		
			  2003 2004(1) 
			  Number Rate Percentage leading to abortion Number Rate Percentage leading to abortion 
			  2,613 52 41 2,511 51 40 
			        
			 Darlington UA 94 49 49 93 48 42 
			 Hartlepool UA 134 69 44 126 64 42 
			 Middlesbrough UA 190 58 35 191 62 38 
			 Redcar and Cleveland UA 143 48 36 173 58 34 
			 Stockton-on-Tees UA 197 51 43 185 49 39 
			        
			 Durham County 458 50 37 444 48 39 
			 Chester-le-Street 21 22 - 41 43 . 
			 Derwentside 82 52 28 77 47 42 
			 Durham 58 40 38 68 47 34 
			 Easington 104 56 39 108 60 44 
			 Sedgefield 110 64 43 76 44 29 
			 Teesdale 14 32 — 11 25 — 
			 Wear Valley 69 56 33 63 51 33 
			        
			 Northumberland 221 38 39 214 37 45 
			 Alnwick 16 28 — 22 38 — 
			 Berwick-upon-Tweed 12 26 — 11 24 — 
			 Blyth Valley 75 49 40 83 54 42 
			 Castle Morpeth 28 29 64 17 19 59 
			 Tynedale 19 16 - 20 18 75 
			 Wansbeck 71 63 35 61 56 43 
			        
			 Tyne and Wear 1,176 56 44 1,085 52 41 
			 Gateshead 175 49 45 159 45 47 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne 268 55 42 282 57 37 
			 North Tyneside 189 52 46 187 51 40 
			 South Tyneside 180 55 51 165 52 45 
			 Sunderland 364 63 41 292 51 40 
			 (1 )Conceptions for 2004 are provisional. Notes: 1. Following ONS guidance on disclosure of abortion statistics, figures for 2003 and 2004 on percentage of conceptions leading to abortions have been suppressed where the count is less than 10 cases. Occasionally it has been necessary to apply a secondary suppression to avoid the possibility of disclosure by differencing. 2. Rates are per 1000 female population aged 15-17. 
		
	
	
		
			 Conceptions to girls aged under 16: number and rate by area of usual residence, 2001-04(1) 
			  2001 2002 2003 2004(1) 
			  Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate Number Rate 
			  460 9 460 9 498 10 481 10 
			          
			 Darlington UA 12 6 14 7 16 8 19 10 
			 Hartlepool UA 29 15 16 8 23 12 21 11 
			 Middlesbrough UA 25 8 36 11 47 15 36 12 
			 Redcar and Cleveland UA 32 11 28 9 28 10 54 18 
			 Stockton-on-Tees UA 26 7 42 11 51 13 39 10 
			          
			 Gateshead MCD 32 9 19 5 33 9 26 7 
			 Newcastle upon Tyne MCD 52 11 57 12 46 10 41 9 
			 North Tyneside MCD 33 9 34 9 39 11 32 9 
			 South Tyneside MCD 43 13 28 9 34 11 29 10 
			 Sunderland MCD 66 11 56 10 62 11 51 9 
			          
			 Durham County 77 8 89 10 84 9 93 10 
			 Northumberland 33 6 41 7 35 6 40 7 
			 (1 )Conceptions for 2004 are provisional. Note: Rates are per 1000 female population aged 13-15.